SpanishModernism | Moya Del Pino

Newspaper clipping image of a gathering of Spanish writers and artists at La Closerie des Liles in Paris, including Pío Baroja, Javier Bueno (Antonio Azpeitua), the Basque Larcumbe, painter José Moya del Pino, and Gypsy painter Fabián.

Moya in Paris and Madrid: Art, Literature, and the Modernist World

Before the paintings, before the fame, there were cafés. In the smoke-filled gathering places of Paris and Madrid, José Moya del Pino discovered a vibrant world of artists, writers, ideas, and inspiration.

Jul 304 min read

The Alhambra complex towers over the city of Granada in Spain

Granada and the Making of a Modernist: Moya’s Formative Years

Before Madrid, before Paris, before California, there was Granada. That’s where fourteen-year-old Moya learned his craft and discovered the ideas that would shape a lifetime of artistic achievement.

Jul 144 min read

Jose Moya del Pino in Spain 1925, and in California in the late 1950s

The Artist Who Lived Twice: An Introduction to José Moya del Pino

A Spanish painter who crossed the Atlantic under the patronage of the King of Spain — only to end up stranded in San Francisco with almost nothing. An introduction to one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary overlooked artistic lives.

Jun 223 min read

Welcome—And Why I’m Telling My Grandfather’s Story

A personal introduction to this blog and the man behind it. I share my earliest memory of my grandfather, José Moya del Pino, and the journey that led me to uncover the remarkable story of his life and art across two continents.

Jun 134 min read